NQ Solicitor +

If you are seeking a new, challenging role with a modern, forward-thinking firm, then this could be the role for you! We are looking for a NQ- 2-year qualified Solicitor to cover a broad range of work across the Corporate team contributing in their own right and providing assistance to the entire team and its growth.

Work includes assisting the team to advise clients on acquisitions, mergers and disposals of companies and businesses, transactions for investors, and many international transactions. You will be assisting with the drafting of the necessary legal documents, preparing corporate ancillary documents, liaising with HMRC, and working with team members to co-ordinate the signing of documents. You will work proactively with fee earners to ensure relevant documentation is produced to meet client expectations and deadlines, file management, digital documentation downloads/uploads, and working with DocuSign.

You will be given training and support and the chance to get involved in some exciting and complex transactions!
Accountabilities

• Drafting and negotiating corporate documents for transactions


• Managing your own smaller transactions and files


• Liaising with other team members on larger transactions


• To provide support to the fee earners in the Corporate team and assist in the work of the department.


• Interacting directly with clients and managing their expectations


• Business Development - attending events with partners and other team members.


• Provide an efficient and friendly service to clients.
  
  We are see seeking a recently qualified candidate looking to start a career with a prestigious law firm, or you may have gained experience within a regional or City firm and looking for that next step.


You will need to have strong attention to detail skills to produce work/ documentation which is consistently of a high standard. You will have a flexible approach to work to ensure client deadlines are always met and clients are communicated with on a consistent and regular basis and an interest in and aptitude for business development.

Candidates with good quality experience in Corporate law would be suitable for this role.
Equal opportunities

We are committed to recruiting individuals on merits of suitability for each role, on the basis of qualifications and experience. All applications are treated fairly and equally regardless of sexual orientation, race, disability, religious beliefs and any other protected characteristic, ensuring that there are equal opportunities at all stages of the recruitment process.

Birketts is a full service, UK Top 50 law firm. With a heritage spanning 160 years, we have more than 700 lawyers and legal professionals based in Bristol, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Ipswich, London, Norwich and Sevenoaks. We advise businesses, government and public sector organisations and individuals in the UK and internationally across four principal practice groups: property, corporate services, litigation and private client advisory.

We are defined by our Next Level Law proposition. We work with our clients as a proactive partner, horizon scanning and thinking ahead to the changes, challenges or opportunities that they may face.

Next Level Law is also applied to our people. Our collegiate culture means everyone is encouraged to achieve their next level in everything they do. RollOnFriday recently ranked us as the 5th best law firm to work at in 2024.

With our ambition to succeed, comes a strong desire to make a positive contribution to the communities we serve, and we are committed to delivering the objectives set out in our ESG strategy. Diversity plays an integral part in all that we do, with female partners comprising 40% of our partnership.
The department

Birketts is now recruiting for an ambitious, driven, forward-thinking qualified NQ to 2-year PQE candidate to come and join our growing team on a full-time permanent basis in Cambridge. Our office is in the heart of the City and a 5-minute walk from the train station.

You will join a highly successful, leading Corporate division who are seeing substantial growth, resulting in the need for extra resource to take forward ambitious plans. The Cambridge Corporate team is led by Greg Allan and James Allen supported by a wider team of senior associates.

You will form part of a nationally recognised and highly regarded Corporate team which includes over 40 corporate fee earners, and 14 partners, more than a dozen of whom are recommended in the latest Legal 500 (UK 2023) rankings. Our size and expertise mean we advise clients at different stages of the business life cycle from start-ups to mergers and acquisitions, buy-outs and buy-ins, development capital fundraisings, to refinancing and exits. We are also highly experienced in international corporate deals and work with a range of overseas law firms on cross-border global transactions. The Corporate team plays a leading role in several firm-wide sector specialisms including Energy and Infrastructure, Healthcare, Motor and Food and Beverage.

One of the best things about joining Birketts is our rewards package. At Birketts we are appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package is reviewed regularly to reflect that. A competitive salary and benefits package is given but you can also expect a great team and supportive colleagues, a strong focus on diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities, a programme of wellbeing and mental health support and structured career development and study support.

• 25 days holiday (FTE) plus Bank Holidays rising with service


• Long Service holiday award - 1 extra week every 10 years continuous service


• Private Healthcare - BUPA (offered after probation is passed)


• Scottish Widows Pension Scheme (5% employer / 5% Employee)


• Staff Profit Share / Salary sacrifice (Pensions, Staff Profit Share)


• Life Assurance - 4 x salary / Permanent Health Insurance


• Paid ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) day


• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Leave


• Season Ticket Loan


• Gym Flex membership


• Electric car scheme


• Dress for your Day Policy


• Agile Working Policy